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Virtue and Venom: Chapter 3

Konoha council chambers

Hiruzen was sitting in the council chamber with the civilian and shinobi councils; to say the village was in a panic was an understatement. 3 days ago, Sakura Haruno, a genin straight out of the academy was murdered and her body mutilated; her friend Ino Yamanaka found her skinned face attached to the gate of her home.

"Who the hell could've be responsible for this" a councilman shouted.

"Could it be one of our ninjas" another said.

"I bet it was that Uzumaki boy" another one said "little demon brat finally snapped and- "he began.

"ANBU" Hiruzen yelled; a ANBU appeared behind the councilman and decapitated him "my law is still in effect; any attempt to harm Naruto will be met with deadly force" Hiruzen said. "Besides it couldn't be him" Hiruzen said "I was with him last night helping him set up his new apartment" he said.

"Lord Hokage" Inoichi said "my baby girl found her friends face skinned face on a gate; what the hell are we doing to find the one responsible" he asked. Hiruzen sighed.

"We have the police and Inuzuka clan searching high and low for the culprit" Hiruzen said; just then the door opened revealing Tsume Inuzuka. "Tsume; report" Hiruzen said.

"We found her body in the eastern woods" Tsume said "no body fluids so rape is out of the question; no mutilation other than the face and she was missing several items. In particular her Kunai, shuriken, headband and from what Inoichi's daughter told me her ribbon" Tsume said.

"Thank you Tsume" Hiruzen said "any scents to go off of" he asked and Tsume shook her head in a no. "Very well" Hiruzen said "meeting dismissed I have to check in on the investigation" Hiruzen said; as everybody filed out of the room Inoichi was approached by Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi and Hiashi Hyuga.

"Inoichi how is your daughter" Hiashi asked; Inoichi sighed.

"She's been locked in her room" Inoichi said "she's terrified; and I guess I cannot blame her" he said.

Hiashi nodded "do you wish for Hinata to come and talk to her" Hiashi offered "I could escort her and see if she can get her to open up" he said.

"No thanks" Inoichi said "I'll see if I can get her to talk to me later" he said before walking away.

Shikaku then looked at Hiashi "what's the deal Hiashi" he asked "you are usually a cold uncaring bastard and now you're offering to escort the daughter you took the heiress position from" he said.

Hiashi sighed "I know I may not seem like the type but I do care about Hinata's safety" he said "I am not going to let her or her sister wander alone while a maniac is on the loose" Hiashi said.

"Huh" Choza said as he looked to the sky and got both of their attentions "Hiashi is caring about his children and hell's not freezing over" he said making Hiashi scowl and Shikaku chuckle.

With Sasuke and Mamushi

"Welcome to my new home" Mamushi said hopping in place "come in, come in" she said eagerly standing only a few inches away.

"Ok I'll come in just take a few steps back" Sasuke said feeling a little uncomfortable; Mamushi ignored him and grabbed his hand and dragged him in.

The apartment was decent; 2 bedrooms across from each other, one bathroom, shower, living room, kitchen with appliances and a laundry room. "It's so nice right" Mamushi said "oh and look" Mamushi said running over to a shelf next to the TV; "Naruto is letting me have my own shelf to put movies and stuff on" she said.

Sasuke 'hmphed' as Mamushi was running around the apartment pointing stuff out 'damn its Naruto' Sasuke thought 'when you asked me to look after her, I didn't expect you meant baby sit' he thought. 'Well, I guess with that lunatic running around it probably makes sense for someone to look after her' Sasuke thought.

The morning of the final test Sakura never showed up; Sasuke and Naruto already waited 3 hours for Kakashi and when Sakura didn't show up, they grew angry. After finding out what happened to her their anger soon turned into shock and horror.

While Sasuke never did like Sakura, he knew she didn't deserve to die that way; Sasuke has been feeling dread over the past few days, probably because the last time the village witnessed a crime this bad was the night of the Uchiha massacre.

As Sasuke looked over, he saw Mamushi microwaving popcorn; Naruto had to go out for a little bit and asked Sasuke to look after Mamushi in order to make sure she's safe.

'Naruto you owe me one' Sasuke thought; just then the microwave dinged and Mamushi poured the steaming snack into a bowl. She then ran to the couch and patted it.

"Come on Sasuke sit down; don't just stand there like" she said excitedly; Sasuke rolled his eyes and sat down. "Since we got nothing to do let's watch some movies" she said as she took out a disc and put it in the DVD player; she then ran back to the couch and sat next to Sasuke. "I can't believe it my first movie" she said; Sasuke looked at her wide eyed.

'How has she never seen a movie before' he wondered. As the movie started, he saw the title 'Balloon busters'. 'Oh great' Sasuke thought 'a kids movie; just my luck' he thought.

As he then focused on the movie, he saw that there saw a busty older woman in a bikini walk up to a younger man cleaning a pool.

'Wait a minute is this a- 'he began to think until the actors started to speak.

"Thank you for cleaning my pool sweetie" the older woman said "you've been working so hard how about I give you a reward" she said. Just then funky music began to play and she began to take off her bikini top revealing her huge breasts.

"Hey" Mamushi said "how come she can be naked outside but Naruto said I can't sleep naked inside; no fair" Mamushi said confused. Sasuke in a burst of speed ran over to the DVD player and stopped the movie "hey we barely even started it" Mamushi whined.

"Where did you get these" Sasuke said holding up the DVD; Mamushi walked over to a box and opened it.

"Naruto has a bunch of these movies" she said holding several up "I don't know how to read but they have a bunch of pretty people on them" she said handing them over to Sasuke.

"Gushing Geisha 4, Oil Orgy 2, Doggy Style Dames" Sasuke read to himself before looking into the box "this is full of porn movies" he said. Mamushi tilted her head to the side in confusion.

"What's 'porn'; it sounds kind funny" she asked; Sasuke threw the movies back inside the box and stood up.

"You don't need to know" Sasuke said before grabbing her hand and leading her to the door "we are going to rent some movies appropriate for your age" he said as he walked out the door and used her key to lock it. 'Naruto we are going to have a discussion when you get back' Sasuke thought as he and Mamushi walked to the movie store.

With Naruto

Naruto was standing in front of the Yamanaka flower shop; when he heard about Sakura from Hiruzen he was shaken. He may have had his problems with her but he didn't hate her; when he heard that it was his classmate Ino who found Sakura he felt a like he had to check in on her.

Naruto knocked on the door and in a few seconds the door was opened; an older woman looked at Naruto.

"Can I help you young man" she asked; Naruto smiled and spoke.

"Hi I'm Naruto" Naruto began "I'm a former classmate of Ino; I was wondering if I could see her. You know see if she's ok" Naruto said. The woman smiled softly and opened the door and nodded.

"I see no problem with that" the lady said "I'm Hikaruga Yamanaka; Ino's mother" she said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you Ms. Ino's mom" Naruto said making the older woman chuckle; as Naruto walked inside Ino's mom began to lead Naruto to Ino's room.

"Ino hasn't left her room in 3 days" Ino's mom said "she and Sakura may have had their differences but she did not deserve that; and with Ino finding her the way she did… I… I can't even imagine what she's going through" she said.

"I hear that Ms. Yamanaka" Naruto said "worst thing I've ever seen well… no one was dead but it was still pretty messed up" he said remembering when he found Mamushi in that lab. "I only hope that Ino can move on" Naruto said; as they approached Ino's room Naruto sniffed the air.

"Hey do you smell that" Naruto said and Ino's mother shook her head "it smells like… oh shit" Naruto said as he ran to the door and began banging on it. "Ino, Ino open up" Naruto began to scream as he jiggled the door knob.

"Go away" Ino shouted through the door; Ino's mom's heart was now racing as Naruto was shoulder checking the door.

"Ino open the fucking door" Naruto shouted; Naruto then kicked the door open and he and Ms. Yamanaka rushed into the room. Ino was sitting on the edge of her bed with her pillow case covering her left wrist; the pillow case was soaked in blood and a kunai laid down on the ground. "Holy fuck" Naruto shouted as he and Ino's mom ran over "what the hell did you do" Naruto said taking off his jacket and wrapping it around her wrist.

Ino was crying and whimpering "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" she wept out as her mother hugged her crying as well.

"Ino why, why would you do this" Ino's mother sobbed out; Ino began to cry even harder as her mother stroked her hair. Naruto finished wrapping his jacket around Ino's wrist making her wince in pain; Naruto then picked up Ino in a princess carry.

"I'm taking her to the hospital" Naruto said as he began to run out the door.

With Inoichi

Inoichi was walking home from the council meeting; he was going to see if maybe Ino would finally talk to him. As he was walking, he saw Asuma Sarutobi, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi running down the street.

"Inoichi" Asuma yelled "come with us" he said.

"What why" Inoichi asked.

"Ino's been taken to the hospital" Shikamaru said "she tried to kill herself" Shikamaru said. In less than a instant Inoichi vanished in a burst of speed. "Well shit" Shikamaru said "I don't think we are going to catch up now" he said as him and his team began to rush to the hospital.

At the hospital

Naruto was pacing around in the waiting area; he has been in the hospital for 20 minutes and has heard no word of Ino. As Naruto looked up, he saw a doctor approach; when the doctor saw him, he got a look of disgust on his face.

"How's Ino" Naruto asked; the doctor scowled.

"That's none of your concern boy" the doctor said "so you might as well- "he began.

"If you don't tell me right fucking now, I'll unleash the Kyuubi and burn this bitch to the ground" Naruto shouted making every doctor, nurse and patient in the area freeze in fear. 'Ha don't tempt a desperate motherfucker' Naruto thought.

The doctor then looked at his clip board and spoke "she lost some blood but not enough to put her life in danger; she'll make a full recovery but we recommend her to stay here for a psych evaluation" the doctor said.

"Where is Ino Yamanaka" Inoichi shouted charging into the waiting room; the doctor hesitated and then spoke.

"Room 304" the doctor said; Naruto and Inoichi both ran to the room. Upon entering reaching the room Naruto swung the door open and entered with Inoichi following shortly afterwards.

"Ino" they both shouted; Naruto then blushed and Inoichi had a look of horror. Ino had taken off her blood-stained cloths and was handing then to a nurse who was giving her a hospital gown; Ino was only in the hospital issue underwear.

When Ino saw both her dad and Naruto she began to blush and cry "oh my god get out" she yelled as she picked up a bed pan and threw it nailing Naruto in the forehead. As Naruto and Inoichi scrambled out the door they slammed it shut.

"Owww" Naruto groaned "I save her life and I get hit as a reward" Naruto said; Naruto then looked over at Inoichi. "So, you're Ino's dad huh" Naruto said and Inoichi nodded "I'm Naruto her former classmate" Naruto said extending his hand.

"Inoichi Yamanaka" Inoichi said "I heard a lot of stories about you from Ino" he said. "You don't seem like a trouble maker" Inoichi said; Naruto then chuckled.

"I was the one who graffitied the hokage monument and led the Anbu on a wild goose chase" Naruto said; Inoichi began to laugh.

"That was you; holy hell the Anbu commander was pissed that day" he said; he then turned serious "what the hell happened" he asked.

Naruto let out a sigh "I went to go visit Ino to see how she was doing" Naruto began "when I approached her room, I smelled blood; when she didn't open up the door I kicked it down, then I brought her here. By the way I'll pay for that door" he said.

Inoichi scoffed "don't worry about it" Inoichi said "you saved my baby girl; I'm in your debt Naruto" Inoichi said.

The nurse then walked out with a scowl on her face "now you can go in" she said with emphasis "perverts" she said walking off making Naruto gain a tick mark.

When the 2 entered the room, they saw Ino sitting on the bed "Daddy, Naruto" Ino said softly.

"Ino" Inoichi said his voice soft and comforting "why did you do it honey" Inoichi said sitting next to her.

Ino began to lightly cry "every time I close my eyes all I see is… I haven't slept in 3 days. Just when I think it's finally gone, I just see Sakura's face; on the wall, on the floor, in the mirror. I... I… I just wanted it to end. When I cut myself; I immediately regretted it. I was trying to stop the bleeding when Naruto and mom found me" she said as tears began to stream down her cheeks.

"Ino" Naruto said "I know that things seem hopeless and scary; but you gotta fight through it" he said. "Killing yourself won't solve anything; it will only hurt you and those close to you" Naruto said; Ino nodded.

"I know that now" Ino said "I'm sorry Naruto; I- I" she began.

"You have nothing to be sorry about Ino" Naruto said "just please don't do this again ok; if you ever need someone to talk to just come and find me ok" Naruto said. Ino nodded and Naruto began to walk out.

"Naruto wait" Ino said; Naruto turned and Ino walked towards him. Ino kissed Naruto on his cheek and she took a step back "thank you; Naruto" Ino said. Naruto blushed and then smiled.

"No problem Ino" Naruto said with his foxy grin "get better ok" Naruto aid before leaving.

Ino seeing him leave realized what she did; she then blushed lightly 'were Naruto's eyes always that blue' Ino thought. Ino then heard some light chuckling from behind her and saw it was her father.

"If you date him then I approve" Inoichi said making Ino blush harder "now then" Inoichi said patting the bed. "Let's have a talk ok" he said gently "let's talk until your mother gets here ok" he said. Ino nodded and walked over to the bed.

At Naruto's apartment later that night

Naruto put his key in the door and opened it; upon entering he saw a sight he never expected to see. He saw Mamushi and Sasuke both asleep on the couch with Mamushi leaning on Sasuke; the movie they were watching was now over.

Naruto quietly went over and picked Mamushi up and began to take her to her room; he opened the covers and put her in the bed. He quietly closed the door and made his way back to Sasuke.

"Hey bastard" Naruto said kicking Sasuke in the leg waking him up "thanks for watching her; you can go now" Naruto said. Sasuke got up and bonked him on the head "oww what was that for: he whined; Sasuke then picked up the Porn Movie and Naruto's face paled.

"Mamushi put his in earlier" Sasuke said "seriously what's wrong with you" Sasuke said. Naruto huffed.

"What is it a crime to own porn now" Naruto said and Sasuke got a tick mark.

"No; it's just that you shouldn't leave this crap lying around with an impressionable girl like her around" Sasuke said "who knows what would've happened if she saw this alone" Sasuke said.

"Fine, fine I get it" Naruto said; Sasuke then began to walk out but stopped.

"By the way" Sasuke began "Kakashi stopped by earlier; we are going to be a 2 man team until we find a replacement. Until then we are doing D rank missions only; be at training ground 7 tomorrow at 0600" Sasuke said.

"Hey Sasuke" Naruto said stopping him "Thanks for watching her; with this psycho running around I want to make sure she is safe" Naruto said.

Sasuke nodded and walked out; Naruto locked the door behind him and started to get ready for bed.

Later that night

Mamushi was running through a field scared beyond comprehension; behind her there was a giant snake destroying all in its path. As Mamushi ran she was then grabbed by the giant snake; it squeezed her constricting her.

"You cannot esssscape me girl" The snake said "I'm alwayssss with you; you cannot essscape me" the snake then opened its mouth and a man with pale skin and black hair appeared.

"My darling little snakelet" the man said "I will find you; and bring you home" he said; the man then took out a sword from his mouth. He then raised the sword above his head; and swung the sword at Mamushi.

Mamushi woke up with in cold sweat; she then hopped out of bed and ran to Naruto's room.

Naruto felt a weight hit him and he looked down "Mamushi" he asked; he then looked down and saw that she was crying "Mamushi? What's wrong" he asked.

"I had a Nightmare" she said between sobs "i- it was so scary" she said. "Can I sleep with you tonight" she asked.

"Of course," Naruto said opening his blanket for her "good night" he said as she snuggled up against him.

Unseen by either of them a snake tattoo on Mamushi's back hidden under her shirt began to fade away.

Ok another chapter done and done; I'm now making it official the pairings are going to be NarutoxIno and MamushixSasuke. If you like the story please like comment and share; until next time, bye